Bocardo

/boʊˈkɑrdoʊ/ noun

In logic, a mood of the third figure of the categorical syllogism with a particular affirmative premise and particular negative conclusion.

From medieval Latin 'bocardo,' a term created for logical classification during Scholastic philosophy; the unusual word was coined to fit the mnemonic system for remembering syllogism types.

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